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guest: great question. >> you worked for ronald reagan. if his health was better, of course, would he have run for a third term? guest: i doubt it. he talked about it after he left office. he was going to campaign for appeal of that amendment. he thought the american people should be able to vote for anyone wanted to vote for. it is very difficult to imagine after eight years of office -- we've used up our presidents. that is why this string of two- term presidents is really so unusual. we have a string of one-term presidencies before that. that became the norm. host: let me share with ronald reagan said in january of 1987. state of union address. there was the iran-contra sc andal. [video clip] >> i have one major regret. i took a risk with our action in regards to iran. it did not work. for that, i accept full responsibility. it was not wrong to try to save lives. certainly, it was not wrong to try to secure freedom for our citizens held in barbaric captivity. [applause] but we did not achieve what we wished, and serious mistakes were ma
guest: great question. >> you worked for ronald reagan. if his health was better, of course, would he have run for a third term? guest: i doubt it. he talked about it after he left office. he was going to campaign for appeal of that amendment. he thought the american people should be able to vote for anyone wanted to vote for. it is very difficult to imagine after eight years of office -- we've used up our presidents. that is why this string of two- term presidents is really so unusual....
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host: as the head of the reagan library, you had a chance to sit ronald reagan in the early in office? guest: he loved to tell stories. washington stories. he told lots of hollywood stories, lots of dixon, illinois stories. after his illness was diagnosed, you could almost measure his progress because the repertoire of stories narrowed. at the end, i am told he would still talk about -- the thing he was proudest of was a lifeguard in dixon, illinois saving 77 lives. host: caller from silver lake, illinois. caller: i have a few comments to make. all this time, there is a split in the united states on political parties. big divide? i do not see any future of obama trying to get with the other party. he wants to heckle them, probe them like you would a mad cow orhost: is it more partisan than it has been in the past? it feels. you cannot escape it. the nature of cable tv, which is enormously significant disproportionate to its audience in studying the tone for the debate. differences. it is all about conflict. everything else contributes to the sense that people have that we are more div
host: as the head of the reagan library, you had a chance to sit ronald reagan in the early in office? guest: he loved to tell stories. washington stories. he told lots of hollywood stories, lots of dixon, illinois stories. after his illness was diagnosed, you could almost measure his progress because the repertoire of stories narrowed. at the end, i am told he would still talk about -- the thing he was proudest of was a lifeguard in dixon, illinois saving 77 lives. host: caller from silver...
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host: let me share with ronald reagan said in january of 1987. [video clip] >> i have one major regret. i took a risk with our action in regards to iran. it did not work. for that, i accept full responsibility. it was not wrong to try to save lives. certainly, it was not wrong to try to secure freedom for our citizens held in barbaric captivity. [applause] but we did not achieve what we wished, and serious mistakes were made in trying to do so. we will get to the bottom of this. i will take whatever action is called for. host: a look at second terms, nixon and watergate and the iran controversy with ronald reagan. guest: fdr coming off the greatest victory in history stumbled badly when he tried to pack the supreme court, and tried to purge conservatives in the south from democratic primaries. you could argue lyndon johnson interpreted his mandate in 1964 as a blank check in vietnam. that is one of the great dangers that confronts presidents. i did not think there is a second term curse. i think there are a number of factors. i think the word man
host: let me share with ronald reagan said in january of 1987. [video clip] >> i have one major regret. i took a risk with our action in regards to iran. it did not work. for that, i accept full responsibility. it was not wrong to try to save lives. certainly, it was not wrong to try to secure freedom for our citizens held in barbaric captivity. [applause] but we did not achieve what we wished, and serious mistakes were made in trying to do so. we will get to the bottom of this. i will...
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you worked for ronald reagan. if his health was better, of course, would he have run for a third term? guest: i doubt it. he talked about it after he left office. he was going to campaign for appeal of that amendment. he thought the american people should be able to vote for anyone wanted to vote for. it is very difficult to imagine after eight years of office -- we've used up our presidents. that is why this string of two- term presidents is really so unusual. we have a string of one-term presidencies before that. that became the norm. host: let me share with ronald reagan said in january of 1987. [video clip] >> i have one major regret. i took a risk with our action in regards to iran. it did not work. for that, i accept full responsibility. it was not wrong to try to save lives. certainly, it was not wrong to try to secure freedom for our citizens held in barbaric captivity. [applause] but we did not achieve what we wished, and serious mistakes were made in trying to do so. we will get to the bottom of this. i
you worked for ronald reagan. if his health was better, of course, would he have run for a third term? guest: i doubt it. he talked about it after he left office. he was going to campaign for appeal of that amendment. he thought the american people should be able to vote for anyone wanted to vote for. it is very difficult to imagine after eight years of office -- we've used up our presidents. that is why this string of two- term presidents is really so unusual. we have a string of one-term...
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one thing to remember is that ronald reagan got tax reform in his second term. got a major arms control treat werussia. bill clinton balancessed the federal budget, snag both parties say they want to do and will be front and center in the days ahead. the bottom line is this is a president with an enormous opportunity before him. but let's not forget, some major challenges as well. >> a lot of people talk about when a second term becomes a lame duck. and it seems like the time clinks. >> reporter: it does. >> especially in recent years. >> reporter: no doubt. >> how much of a push do you think this president is going to make on big, bold moves, like immigration. he said he will push this -- this gun measure that he announced last week. what do you think is really behind the white house thinking? >> reporter: what's behind it is right to your point about timing and becoming a lame duck. they want to move on all of that, gun control, immigration reform, because they know they have to deal with the debt ceiling as l. i spoke to one of the president's closest adviser
one thing to remember is that ronald reagan got tax reform in his second term. got a major arms control treat werussia. bill clinton balancessed the federal budget, snag both parties say they want to do and will be front and center in the days ahead. the bottom line is this is a president with an enormous opportunity before him. but let's not forget, some major challenges as well. >> a lot of people talk about when a second term becomes a lame duck. and it seems like the time clinks....
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ronald reagan was sworn in on a decision made by the joint committee on the inauguration. now, ronald reagan was smart enough to realize that he could take possession of this, even though he did not order this, or choose this. he put it in his inaugural address and he said i am the first president to look west, looking out over the graves of the heroes in arlington cemetery, towards the pacific. he took ownership of that move from the east front to the west front, even though he was not the person to choose it. this is an important lesson in saying who runs the president inauguration -- the president's inauguration? ever since the president akin to the capital, congress has run the inauguration, at least the the part that takes place during swearing-in. that part has traditionally been done by the congress. they start one year in advance, long before they know who will be nominated or elected. they start to make the plans, they take a theme for the inauguration. they build a platform, print the tickets. they get everything underway, so that when somebody is elected in nove
ronald reagan was sworn in on a decision made by the joint committee on the inauguration. now, ronald reagan was smart enough to realize that he could take possession of this, even though he did not order this, or choose this. he put it in his inaugural address and he said i am the first president to look west, looking out over the graves of the heroes in arlington cemetery, towards the pacific. he took ownership of that move from the east front to the west front, even though he was not the...
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ronald reagan administration. as richard brookhiser who is still a major figure in the "national review" and was a writer and pretty good friend said to me if ronald reagan was elected, rusher decided he would defend him on every single wing. -- thing. his reason was in terms of presidents, this is the best diet that we are going to get. it will never be better and will never be as good. so you have to back him up on everything. he had some concerns about the first chief of staff james baker who had come from the other wing of the party of course. he was -- he questioned whether someone like that could put his heart into the program. a couple of years after that, rusher was very upset about some i guess you would call them technical mistakes on the part of the communications people in the white house and says that so and so ought to be fired. it didn't happen. his main concern in giving advice which he didn't do a lot of, but his main concern seemed to be what's make sure that we are effectively communicating with
ronald reagan administration. as richard brookhiser who is still a major figure in the "national review" and was a writer and pretty good friend said to me if ronald reagan was elected, rusher decided he would defend him on every single wing. -- thing. his reason was in terms of presidents, this is the best diet that we are going to get. it will never be better and will never be as good. so you have to back him up on everything. he had some concerns about the first chief of staff...
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ronald reagan was sworn in on a decision made by the joint committee on the inauguration. now, ronald reagan was smart enough to realize that he could take possession of this, even though he did not order this, or choose this. he put it in his inaugural address and he said i am the first president to look west, looking out over the graves of the heroes in arlington cemetery, towards the pacific. he took ownership of that move from the east front to the west front, even though he was not the person to choose it. this is an important lesson in saying who runs the president inauguration -- the president's inauguration? ever since the president akin to the capital, congress has run the inauguration, at least the the part that takes place during swearing-in. that part has traditionally been done by the congress. they start one year in advance, long before they know who will be nominated or elected. they start to make the plans, they take a theme for the inauguration. they build a platform, print the tickets. they get everything underway, so that when somebody is elected in nove
ronald reagan was sworn in on a decision made by the joint committee on the inauguration. now, ronald reagan was smart enough to realize that he could take possession of this, even though he did not order this, or choose this. he put it in his inaugural address and he said i am the first president to look west, looking out over the graves of the heroes in arlington cemetery, towards the pacific. he took ownership of that move from the east front to the west front, even though he was not the...
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. >> okay. 1985 ronald reagan comes up. he says exactly the opposite. exactly the opposite of barack obama reagan says the government's the problem. we ought to get the government out of the way and unleash the american people who will return the nation to prosperity. reagan very popular president among americans remains so. personally, personally barack obama very popular. i think his personal rate is around 59%. job approval 52. how can this country in the space of, what, almost 30 years, change so dramatically in our philosophy? >> well, first of all, obama today did say that it's a fiction to believe that government alone can solve all of the problems. so he is taking somewhat of a middle course now. if you look at that speech, i mean, it's an odd speech he just threw out things. there is kind of no coherent plan and, again, i think the missed opportunity was to say to the american public and the world, look, this is where i'm going. this is what matters. one, two, three. these are the things i'm going to do. and there was a scatter shot approach. a
. >> okay. 1985 ronald reagan comes up. he says exactly the opposite. exactly the opposite of barack obama reagan says the government's the problem. we ought to get the government out of the way and unleash the american people who will return the nation to prosperity. reagan very popular president among americans remains so. personally, personally barack obama very popular. i think his personal rate is around 59%. job approval 52. how can this country in the space of, what, almost 30...
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remember he once said that ronald reagan was he started to lead consequential in a way that bill clinton was not and what obama made it through that obama had changed the audio logical course of the country in one thousand nine hundred eighty one and it is you're not you address within two minutes reagan had to clear the government is not the solution government is the problem today's inaugural address was a rebuke to that entire idea this speech today was an ode to big government it was a it was it was in fact krauthammer goes on to say it was a hymn to big government and if you're defining big government as a government that actually works for the people i agree so the question is this a turning point as the obama presidency become like the reagan revolution like the f.d.r. revolution like the herbert hoover revolution like the teddy roosevelt revolution like the the u.s. great ulysses s. grant revolution like the lincoln revolution like the election of one thousand nine hundred which the or with the revolution of eight hundred the jefferson revolution has it become one of those major
remember he once said that ronald reagan was he started to lead consequential in a way that bill clinton was not and what obama made it through that obama had changed the audio logical course of the country in one thousand nine hundred eighty one and it is you're not you address within two minutes reagan had to clear the government is not the solution government is the problem today's inaugural address was a rebuke to that entire idea this speech today was an ode to big government it was a it...
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that was with ronald reagan as president. we did it with democratic votes. he was the chairman of ways and means. he was not going to come with a bill that was very pro-democrat. the question was whether we would sign onto the bill, pass it in the house and then try to fix it in the republican senate. our republican house members came to us and said if you try and do that, we're going to roll you. dick cheney, trent lott, they came down to my office at the treasury department and said if you go follow it with this rostenkowski bill and fix it in the senate, we're going to roll you. and they rolled us on the rule. they defeated us in the rule. and i went over to the white house having been the president's chief of staff for four years i said, mr. president, you've got to come out forcefully in favor of passing the bill so we can get it to the senate and fix it and that means rolling over our house republicans. well, guess what? after a little while he did it, we did it, and that's how we got there. it was successful and it initiated a period of extraordinary
that was with ronald reagan as president. we did it with democratic votes. he was the chairman of ways and means. he was not going to come with a bill that was very pro-democrat. the question was whether we would sign onto the bill, pass it in the house and then try to fix it in the republican senate. our republican house members came to us and said if you try and do that, we're going to roll you. dick cheney, trent lott, they came down to my office at the treasury department and said if you go...
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that was ronald reagan as president. we did it democratic votes. danny rostenkowski was chairman of ways and means. he wasn't going to come with a bill that wasn't very pro-democrat. so the question was whether he would sign on to that bill, pass it in the house and try to fix it in the republican senate? our republican house members came to us and said, if you try and do that, we're going to roll you. dick cheney, trent lott, all, they came down to my office at the treasury department. they said, if you go forward with this, with this rostenkowski bill, and we then say you're going to fix it in the senate, we're going to roll you and they rolled us on the rule. they defeated us on the rule and i went over to the white house, having been reagan's chief of staff for 4 1/2 years. and i said, mr. president, you have to come out forcefully in favor of passing the rostenkowski bill so we can get to it to the senate and fix it and that means rolling out of our house republicans. well, guess what. afterwards, he did it. he did it. and we did it. and that'
that was ronald reagan as president. we did it democratic votes. danny rostenkowski was chairman of ways and means. he wasn't going to come with a bill that wasn't very pro-democrat. so the question was whether he would sign on to that bill, pass it in the house and try to fix it in the republican senate? our republican house members came to us and said, if you try and do that, we're going to roll you. dick cheney, trent lott, all, they came down to my office at the treasury department. they...
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reagan won in 1984, if we want to win the landslides that george h.w. bush won, we're going to have to have a much bigger tent, and we can't be the party of todd aiken or richard murdoch or sharon ankle or christine o'donnell. republican extremism in the republican process has allowed harry reid to remain majority leader of the u.s. senate. forget about being the conservative party or moderate party as nicolle wallace says, we've got to quit being the stupid party and do what william f. buckley told us to do 30, 40 years ago, that is play to win. you know, find the middle of the electorate and be conservative, but understand what the reality is in the middle of that electorate. and find the most conservative candidate that can win. we haven't done that for a very long time, and i can tell you this, we need to start doing this again right now. another great example, chuck hagel, republicans are against him, a republican. you look at the latest polls that have come out on hagel, americans support him by a 2 to 1 margin. with polls that just came out. it's
reagan won in 1984, if we want to win the landslides that george h.w. bush won, we're going to have to have a much bigger tent, and we can't be the party of todd aiken or richard murdoch or sharon ankle or christine o'donnell. republican extremism in the republican process has allowed harry reid to remain majority leader of the u.s. senate. forget about being the conservative party or moderate party as nicolle wallace says, we've got to quit being the stupid party and do what william f. buckley...
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ronald reagan. >> the whole tax cutting myth about ronald reagan, raising taxes. they don't want to believe it. >> obama hasn't raised gas taxes. reagan did one better on that. to extend the argument. >> immigration reform? >> from george w. bush mitt romney's healthcare provider. on and on. so when i say, and yet for all of these things that he has done, he has copied all of these big ideas from republicans. again, going all the way back and then to nixon and yet their response is, he is just a fascist, a socialist. really? what were nixon and reagan and george w. bush for god's sake? they completely shunned their own. they ignored their own history >> bill: they don't recognize their own ideas. right? when they are staring them in the face. >> i think most people can recognize the republican party of today is not the republican party of 20, 30 years ago. most people who look at this independently can see that. but i think the bigger question is: is there ever going to be anything that's a wake-up call for them? what would the wake-up call be that they say, okay.
ronald reagan. >> the whole tax cutting myth about ronald reagan, raising taxes. they don't want to believe it. >> obama hasn't raised gas taxes. reagan did one better on that. to extend the argument. >> immigration reform? >> from george w. bush mitt romney's healthcare provider. on and on. so when i say, and yet for all of these things that he has done, he has copied all of these big ideas from republicans. again, going all the way back and then to nixon and yet their...
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and then four years later, when ronald reagan was inaugurated on the west front. sometimes he is credited for making that change, but that change was in the world for quite awhile. it would have been on the west front with carter, later, had ts turn that different. the view on the east front, compared to the west front was not very good. the east front used to be a parking lot, and then you have homes. parking lot, streets, kind of like a little town. whereas, here on the west side, you can accommodate these immense crowds. and they can see something. >> of course, president obama's first inaugural was attended by over a million people, i believe, gathering on the mall. the expectations is it will be somewhere about half that tomorrow. that is typical of second inauguration's. they are not as well -- publicly attended as the first. i think it is because the country is not as excited, they know who you are, they have seen you. my friend, who was also a chief speech writer for bill clinton -- i read something that he had written recently -- and let us begin, is much
and then four years later, when ronald reagan was inaugurated on the west front. sometimes he is credited for making that change, but that change was in the world for quite awhile. it would have been on the west front with carter, later, had ts turn that different. the view on the east front, compared to the west front was not very good. the east front used to be a parking lot, and then you have homes. parking lot, streets, kind of like a little town. whereas, here on the west side, you can...
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last time it happened it was ronald reagan. there was significance of that day. it was the coldest inaugural address in history, 7 degrees. walter mondale did not attend. mitt romney will not be here. michael dukakis was a no-show in george h.bush's inauguration. a lot of people have left d.c. to get away for a few days. >> arthel: thank you so much. >> eric: after four years of partisan bickering, what tone should the president strike when he speaks tomorrow? andy card acting dean at bush school at texas a&m university, good to see you. how are you? >> great to be with you, eric. >> eric: you are not in washington and what can we expect during the speech tomorrow? >> first of all, inauguration igsz are very significant and very important. think about it. this is celebration of our constitution. you've got article one, congress inviting article 2, the president, to come and take the oath of office from article three the chief justice of the supreme court. it's a great time to celebrate the constitution. however, i do say that the tone will be different from what
last time it happened it was ronald reagan. there was significance of that day. it was the coldest inaugural address in history, 7 degrees. walter mondale did not attend. mitt romney will not be here. michael dukakis was a no-show in george h.bush's inauguration. a lot of people have left d.c. to get away for a few days. >> arthel: thank you so much. >> eric: after four years of partisan bickering, what tone should the president strike when he speaks tomorrow? andy card acting dean...
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ronald reagan as well. but they didn't have the -- it wasn't that they created a term that was, that just was with everlasting. i mean, some of them have interesting, you know, you go to new frontier, you go to truman, truman had some nice things. i mean, snollgoster, it was an old american term. truman had, um, i know that wasn't your question, but they've all got stories. my favorite trumanism was at one point he was having a lot of trouble with congress, and he invoked the term "trocar." trocar is a metal trumpet that's used to relieve pressure in organic places. and in the prairies in missouri when a bull or a cow or bovine animal would eat too much clover, there would be a huge amount of gas inside the, inside the animal, and they would insert this instrument called a trocar. and they would create a whistling sound that would cascade along the prairies. and truman wrote to one of his aides saying that congress was a trocar. [laughter] and the buck stops here was truman's. i'm jumping around a little bi
ronald reagan as well. but they didn't have the -- it wasn't that they created a term that was, that just was with everlasting. i mean, some of them have interesting, you know, you go to new frontier, you go to truman, truman had some nice things. i mean, snollgoster, it was an old american term. truman had, um, i know that wasn't your question, but they've all got stories. my favorite trumanism was at one point he was having a lot of trouble with congress, and he invoked the term...
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ronald reagan is a classic xarm. is the reagan second term a failure because of iran-contra or a success because of the treaty. immigration reform, tax reform. whatever you hear about the second term curse be skeptical. >> is there an annual gis time in history to where president obama is now, some place we're told that lots of time the speech writers and presidents look at past inaugural addresses for inspiration? where in history can this president find that inspiration? >> you know, it's tough to find a time when we've been so polarized. thomas jefferson, people forget under adams and washington, the country was actually much more divided than you would think if you looked at that monument just down the road, jefferson comes into power, a very polarizing figure and in his inaugural address says we are all republicans, we are all federalists. didn't necessarily govern that way but he had the tone right. i think that's what inaugural addresses a week later, very few, you can count on one hand, but second inaugural a
ronald reagan is a classic xarm. is the reagan second term a failure because of iran-contra or a success because of the treaty. immigration reform, tax reform. whatever you hear about the second term curse be skeptical. >> is there an annual gis time in history to where president obama is now, some place we're told that lots of time the speech writers and presidents look at past inaugural addresses for inspiration? where in history can this president find that inspiration? >> you...
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reagan and what ronald reagan did for the conservatives and for the republican party in the 1980s. i think the answer is we may well be. >> it certainly seems like that is what he is aiming at. and i had read that hypothesis before today. and then hearing that speech today, i thought that is what he is trying to do. dan rather, witness, anchor, reporter for more than 50 years of inaugurations now. dan rather now reporting on axs tv. it's quite wonderful to have you here. it's great to see you. >> thanks, rachel. >> all right. lots more ahead. we're expecting to see the president and mrs. obama dancing again shortly. plus, i'll repeat the thing about who made the shoes, which makes me blush for some reason. we'll be right back. >>> but we are also heirs to those who won the peace and not just the war, who turned sworn enemies into the surest of friend. and we must carry those lessons into this time as well. we will defend our people and uphold our values through strength of arms and rule of law. >> last week on the occasion of the end of president obama's first term in office, nbc n
reagan and what ronald reagan did for the conservatives and for the republican party in the 1980s. i think the answer is we may well be. >> it certainly seems like that is what he is aiming at. and i had read that hypothesis before today. and then hearing that speech today, i thought that is what he is trying to do. dan rather, witness, anchor, reporter for more than 50 years of inaugurations now. dan rather now reporting on axs tv. it's quite wonderful to have you here. it's great to see...
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jon meacham in we make the case ronald ronald reagan was a great president what makes him a great president. >> i think what made ronald reagan a great president is his life experience as a union negotiator was put to work in foreign policy. and what do you do if you're a negotiator you ask for a hundred percent and several for 50. you say the union reserves the right to lie cheat and steal he called it an evil empire before the national association of evangelicals in orlando, you can't make this stuff up. and then in 1985, safely reelected he meets with gorbachev and led to standing in the red square with gorbachev and say there's no longer an evil empire that belonged to another time. a year later the year he left the office ten months after he left washington the berlin wall comes down. so i think michael's exactly right about yes, coming out of the presidency he seemed to be an era of greed and deficits but it's pretty safe to say right now he's remembered for pretty effective foreign policy. >> rose: i want to focus on foreign policy. so what is the challenge for the president in forei
jon meacham in we make the case ronald ronald reagan was a great president what makes him a great president. >> i think what made ronald reagan a great president is his life experience as a union negotiator was put to work in foreign policy. and what do you do if you're a negotiator you ask for a hundred percent and several for 50. you say the union reserves the right to lie cheat and steal he called it an evil empire before the national association of evangelicals in orlando, you can't...
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ronald reagan gets a lot credit for moving the inauguration when he did not move the inauguration. he moved the inauguration of four years later. that was in 1985. it was below 7 degrees. it was a bitter cold day in washington. the reagan white house the night before looking at the weather forecast thought it was cruel and unusual punishment to make people outside in this weather. they call the chairman of the rules committee and the inaugural committee and said, we think it should be moved aside to the rotunda. being part of a joint committee, he thought the best thing was to call tip o'neill. it was finally tracked down in a bar where he was watching a basketball game kindre. said, it is his inauguration he should have it where he wants it. congress cooperated and move it aside. -- moved it inside. most people saw it on television at that point. the architect of the capital said, i would be impeached if i moved the inauguration inside because there are so many people coming to washington. a lot of inauguration's have been held out in pretty miserable weather. there was a blizzard
ronald reagan gets a lot credit for moving the inauguration when he did not move the inauguration. he moved the inauguration of four years later. that was in 1985. it was below 7 degrees. it was a bitter cold day in washington. the reagan white house the night before looking at the weather forecast thought it was cruel and unusual punishment to make people outside in this weather. they call the chairman of the rules committee and the inaugural committee and said, we think it should be moved...
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bolling and i are fans of ronald reagan. we chose moments from reagan's first and second enaugust ration. take a listen. >> in this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem. government is the problem. >> we have accomplished that. in another sense, our new beginning is a continuation of that beginning created two centuries ago. when for the first time in history, government, the people said, was not our master, it is our servant. its only power, that which we the people allow it to have. >> eric: what are you -- >> bob: he said exactbely -- we the people, he said, "we the people. s. >> he said we're for bigger government and -- >> bob: "we the people." >> greg: this is, it is polar opposite of philosophical ideology. one thinks government can do the business. >> kimberly: the most important thing it wasn't divided nation under reagan. >> bob: this is john kennedy's only inaugural speech regrettably. in it, he talked about something that the republicans should listen to. >> don't let us begin anew. rememb
bolling and i are fans of ronald reagan. we chose moments from reagan's first and second enaugust ration. take a listen. >> in this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem. government is the problem. >> we have accomplished that. in another sense, our new beginning is a continuation of that beginning created two centuries ago. when for the first time in history, government, the people said, was not our master, it is our servant. its only power, that which we...
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the person that understood that was ronald reagan. he spent his career in hollywood and he had a sense of showmanship along the way. the first time i saw him was on the steps of the capital in 1980 when he came to film a television commercials for the republican candidates for congress. and he was the only one that remain in character, paying attention to the speaker troubled bank. everyone else reverted to their normal state. this guy will be tough to beat. as i said, he took possession of his inaugural by being the first one on the west front. it is a huge amount of spectacle in celebration that worked really hard for the president as a candidate. but what did the president actually say during the inauguration? the other thing history remembers is what the weather was like that day. and they are looking for a moment in the weather. i can't imagine how many i have read without dark and gray was, but just as the president began to speak, a ray of light came through indicating there was a vote for the future. we are looking for a hope
the person that understood that was ronald reagan. he spent his career in hollywood and he had a sense of showmanship along the way. the first time i saw him was on the steps of the capital in 1980 when he came to film a television commercials for the republican candidates for congress. and he was the only one that remain in character, paying attention to the speaker troubled bank. everyone else reverted to their normal state. this guy will be tough to beat. as i said, he took possession of his...
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reagan and what ronald reagan did for the conservatives and for the republican party in the 1980s. i think the answer is we may well be. >> it certainly seems like that is what he is aiming at. and i had read that hypothesis before today. and then hearing that speech today, i thought that is what he is trying to do. dan rather, witness, anchor, reporter for more than 50 years of inaugurations now. dan rather now reporting on axs tv. it's quite wonderful to have you here. it's great to see you. >> thanks, rachel. >> all right. lots more ahead. we're expecting to see the president and mrs. obama dancing again shortly. plus, i'll repeat the thing about who made the shoes, which makes me blush for some reason. we'll be right back. pt what it'e to my hair, so i'm doing something new. new age defy from pantene. it's a system with pro-vitamins and caffeine. 7 signs of aging hair, like dryness and damage, virtually disappear to make hair act up to 10 years younger. new age defy, including advanced thickening. winner of an allure best of beauty breakthrough award. pantene expert collection.
reagan and what ronald reagan did for the conservatives and for the republican party in the 1980s. i think the answer is we may well be. >> it certainly seems like that is what he is aiming at. and i had read that hypothesis before today. and then hearing that speech today, i thought that is what he is trying to do. dan rather, witness, anchor, reporter for more than 50 years of inaugurations now. dan rather now reporting on axs tv. it's quite wonderful to have you here. it's great to see...
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out of the economics of ronald reagan, the south americans were decimated. the international monetary fund and world bank play a huge role. people turned against it. the leaders that came in at the 20th century were reactions against ronald reagan. >> you talk about obama, managing a wounded empire. you are fiercely critical of but you also support him. >> i support him because the alternative was more frightening. obama has made it very clear that it is about american power. we are the "indispensable nation in the world," which is a form of american exceptional as some. he made it very clear that he is going to take troops and so forth out of afghanistan and q, but he is committing on a full spectrum dominance to the containment of china. it does not end. i think we will see him making alliances and treaties with countries around the world. he is already expanding the bush version of security. he has not gone back on any of the civil liberties laws. >> he has expanded it. we were so critical of bush for doing surveillance of people without judicial review.
out of the economics of ronald reagan, the south americans were decimated. the international monetary fund and world bank play a huge role. people turned against it. the leaders that came in at the 20th century were reactions against ronald reagan. >> you talk about obama, managing a wounded empire. you are fiercely critical of but you also support him. >> i support him because the alternative was more frightening. obama has made it very clear that it is about american power. we are...
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reagan and what ronald reagan did for the conservatives and for the republican party in the 1980s. i think the answer is we may well be. >> it certainly seems like that is what he is aiming at. and i had read that hypothesis before today. and then hearing that speech today, i thought that is what he is trying to do. dan rather, witness, anchor, reporter for more than 50 years of inaugurations now. dan rather now reporting on axis tv. it's quite wonderful to have you here. it's great to see you. >> thanks, rachel. >> all right. lots more ahead. we're expecting to see the president and mrs. obama dancing again shortly. plus, i'll repeat the thing about who made the shoes, which makes me blush for some reason. we'll be right back. [ female announcer ] how do you define your moment? the blissful pause. just before that rich sweetness touches your lips. the delightful discovery. the mid-sweetening realization that you have the house all to yourself. well, almost. the sweet reward. making a delicious choice that's also a smart choice. splenda® no calorie sweetener. with the original sug
reagan and what ronald reagan did for the conservatives and for the republican party in the 1980s. i think the answer is we may well be. >> it certainly seems like that is what he is aiming at. and i had read that hypothesis before today. and then hearing that speech today, i thought that is what he is trying to do. dan rather, witness, anchor, reporter for more than 50 years of inaugurations now. dan rather now reporting on axis tv. it's quite wonderful to have you here. it's great to...
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reagan touted the drug abuse act as a way to clean up the streets at a time that crack and cocaine abuse was running rampant thirty seven federal agencies are working together in a vigorous national effort and by next year they are spending for drug law enforcement will have more than tripled from its nine hundred eighty one levels decades later the war on drugs rages on with many saying it's done more harm than good as a country i mean we are paying for so many people to be welfare that used to be supported by the person who's now in prison so there's this sort of ripple effect that cost us not only to incarcerate the person but then to take care of the family that's left behind strict drug sentencing for mostly minor offenses floods us jails a disproportionate amount of those that land behind bars are minorities and never noticed that difference in white and black and two used in the criminal justice system and they don't hear. and it's with the do if mandatory sentences don't work what's the alternative advocates for reform say it's time to get rid of them because judges are in a bett
reagan touted the drug abuse act as a way to clean up the streets at a time that crack and cocaine abuse was running rampant thirty seven federal agencies are working together in a vigorous national effort and by next year they are spending for drug law enforcement will have more than tripled from its nine hundred eighty one levels decades later the war on drugs rages on with many saying it's done more harm than good as a country i mean we are paying for so many people to be welfare that used...
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that was ronald reagan. and while the white house always officially denied that president reagan dyed his hair, i think there was a lot of skepticism about that. >> bill clinton, salt and pepper hair, it was basically white by the end of his eight years. he did get exercise although i'm not sure jogging to mcdonald's necessarily qualifies. you talk about doctors being concerned about president clinton's health. >> well, in fact, you know, president clinton had a major heart episode after he left office, and subsequent complications from that. and you know, these days, he looks a lot gaunter than he did when he was in office. but he has also gone to he says a vegan diet so he's made some lifestyle adjustments here. >> i wonder if part of it, too, is that these days, a lot of men who are in the working world, they do certain things that they wouldn't have done in the past to make them continue to look a little bit younger. maybe a little botox here, a little, what's that stuff you put in the hair, something fo
that was ronald reagan. and while the white house always officially denied that president reagan dyed his hair, i think there was a lot of skepticism about that. >> bill clinton, salt and pepper hair, it was basically white by the end of his eight years. he did get exercise although i'm not sure jogging to mcdonald's necessarily qualifies. you talk about doctors being concerned about president clinton's health. >> well, in fact, you know, president clinton had a major heart episode...
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well, ed meese is an educated man who went to law school at berkeley, very close to ronald reagan before and during the reagan presidency. reagan made him attorney general but ed meese was forced to resign that office in scandal, back in the era when the words republican and attorney general almost always equalled scandal. president nixon's attorney general having been the first and only attorney general who was convicted of a crime and had to serve time for it. while ed meese was attorney general he became one of the very few and very lucky guys who got to watch a lot of porn and get paid for it. in 1984, reagan pointed the attorney general to head the attorney general's commission on pornography, which meant that for two years, ed meese got to look at gay porn, straight porn, all the porn he could possibly get his hands on, which as attorney general was a lot of porn. and after drowning in porn for two years, and getting paid for it, ed meese issued an almost 2,000 page report that reached this conclusion. although the evidence may be slim, we nevertheless now know enough to conclude t
well, ed meese is an educated man who went to law school at berkeley, very close to ronald reagan before and during the reagan presidency. reagan made him attorney general but ed meese was forced to resign that office in scandal, back in the era when the words republican and attorney general almost always equalled scandal. president nixon's attorney general having been the first and only attorney general who was convicted of a crime and had to serve time for it. while ed meese was attorney...
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shot at ronald reagan. what are you trying to do impress jody foster? [ laughter ] the president should focus on the strengthening the poll swiz know -- policies we know make us safe like making sure nobody brings tweezers on to an airplane. he knew it wasn't going to pass the smell test sew stoopped to surrounding himself with children. like this confused boy, joey. he loves trains. it was a transparent appeal to our humanity. luckily rush limb bawp doesn't have any. >> obama uses kids as human shields. he bringses these kids who wrote, supposedly, letters to the white house avenuetown to bring them up up there if show support among the children. you've got these little kids there. they don't want to die. and how can you not listen to them? >> stephen: you are being manipulated, america. boorks-hoo i want -- boo-hoo, i want to good to disney land. i want toll get a pony. i want to live to see another day. grow up. i want to grow up. i find it hard to believe these are the only letters obama gets from kids
shot at ronald reagan. what are you trying to do impress jody foster? [ laughter ] the president should focus on the strengthening the poll swiz know -- policies we know make us safe like making sure nobody brings tweezers on to an airplane. he knew it wasn't going to pass the smell test sew stoopped to surrounding himself with children. like this confused boy, joey. he loves trains. it was a transparent appeal to our humanity. luckily rush limb bawp doesn't have any. >> obama uses kids...
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it is a ronald reagan vase. i don't know quite how else to describe it without getting into some trouble. >> how think it will look at your mantle? >> i think at $300 it may look best back in its box. >> that, of course, was our own tom brokaw and the late john chancellor. covering ronald reagan's second inaugural in 1985. the ceremony was held indoors because it was only 7 degrees outside. a lot colder, tom, the wind chill. 17 below we were told. well, we were hoping for warmer weather on monday. >> ronald reagan's first inaugural was bitterly cold. jane pauly and i were on the "today" show in those days, and that was the jimmy carter inauguration, and we were outside looking like third story men. we had stocking hats pulled down and big down jackets. >> actually, the reagan first was a balmy 55 because we were not even wearing coats. i remember being on the parade route with willard scott. when we look towards the inaugural, this is a second inaugural. not as much emotion as the first. coming after such a divi
it is a ronald reagan vase. i don't know quite how else to describe it without getting into some trouble. >> how think it will look at your mantle? >> i think at $300 it may look best back in its box. >> that, of course, was our own tom brokaw and the late john chancellor. covering ronald reagan's second inaugural in 1985. the ceremony was held indoors because it was only 7 degrees outside. a lot colder, tom, the wind chill. 17 below we were told. well, we were hoping for...
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last president who had the inaugural on 20th being on sunday was ronald reagan and it was 7 degrees. there is record low. we are nothing like that today. we won't be tomorrow either. >> heather: it looks beautiful. thank you. be sure and tune in tomorrow for full coverage of the any understanding raise, bret baier and megyn kelly will anchor events systematic at 11:00 a.m. eastern. >> gregg: a fox news alert. breaking details now on that hostage crisis in algeria. security officials say even more bodies have been found now inside the remote desert gas plant, just one day after bloody raid ended the four day standoff. dozens of hostages did manage to escape unharmed but 23 were killed. there are new reports that there was as many 8 americans among the hostages, one has died and seven escaped. there is growing concern over the fate of two other americans who remain missing this hour. coner powell has the latest. >> reporter: algerian officials saying the death toll that does stand at 23 is likely to increase in the next few days as they get more and more information. algerian officials
last president who had the inaugural on 20th being on sunday was ronald reagan and it was 7 degrees. there is record low. we are nothing like that today. we won't be tomorrow either. >> heather: it looks beautiful. thank you. be sure and tune in tomorrow for full coverage of the any understanding raise, bret baier and megyn kelly will anchor events systematic at 11:00 a.m. eastern. >> gregg: a fox news alert. breaking details now on that hostage crisis in algeria. security officials...